incrdbil Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game CoH/CoV is the only MMO I ever liked, but I reached the boredom point after about 15-18 months. The new features in the last set were pretty..disappointing. Day job was quite a let down, as were the new power sets. At heart, I think the problem is the missions get boring, and often don't let you feel like a super-hero/villain. I also have grown bored with the set roles of tank/scrapper/blaster/defender/controller. I have a strong dislike of PVP based games which makes me an odd man out for most MMO's, and I also prefer games where just logging on for a few hours is ok, not having to waste my time every evening. I'm waiting for Champions Online, patiently. Right now, I'm hoping for a decent single player strategy game to grab my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Going after some Vahzilok today. On Mission entrance "Medical Waste is going down today." That just sounds wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Blackrock Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I named one of my characters "a Nemesis plot" so the NPC dialog is pretty funny. "OH NO! It's a Nemesis plot!" and "When I grow up, I wanna be just like a Nemesis plot!" makes me smile, but YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvZurich Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game CoH/CoV is the only MMO I ever liked, but I reached the boredom point after about 15-18 months. The new features in the last set were pretty..disappointing. Day job was quite a let down, as were the new power sets. At heart, I think the problem is the missions get boring, and often don't let you feel like a super-hero/villain. I also have grown bored with the set roles of tank/scrapper/blaster/defender/controller. I have a strong dislike of PVP based games which makes me an odd man out for most MMO's, and I also prefer games where just logging on for a few hours is ok, not having to waste my time every evening. I'm waiting for Champions Online, patiently. Right now, I'm hoping for a decent single player strategy game to grab my attention. I am in a similar situation. I love Eve Online's sandbox, but am iffy on its PVP. I normally won't PVP in games, but I bought Warhammer to force myself to try it without consequences. Very fun to pop in for a few hours and smash people (and get smashed by people) in the scenarios, but the PVE content in WAR is lacking. MMOs tend to force me to group, and I hate being forced to do that. I took advantage of the sale on Steam to buy Bioshock for $5, Ghost Master for $2.50, and Darkstar One for $5. Also grabbed Sacred 1 and Aquaria and Fallout 3 before the sale. Fallout 3 is pretty good for gore and you can use tactics (not really required though). Sacred is fun, think of it as an improvement on Diablo 2 with better graphics and exploration. Aquaria reminds me of an underwater Super Metroid. Darkstar One reminds me of my old Wing Commander days. Just grabbed Bioshock and have yet to play it. Suspect I have ADD. I get bored easily and prefer to solo. I play MMOs for the lore but really need a sandbox aspect. If you use Steam, check out their current holiday sale, and you might find something you will like. I should go look for my Dungeon Master CDs and see if I can make them work under Vista... Oh, Steam has the best single player strategy game on it for you. For under $12 you can grab the X-Com strategy bundle! X-Com 1 and 2 were some of my favorite games back in the 1990s, building my bases defensively, trying to capture aliens alive, save civilians, improve my team members and keep them alive, and research new techs before the aliens overwhelmed me. That may be just what you need, and the files have been tweaked to run under XP and Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptPatriot Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game What I'm looking forward to is Issue 14-The Architech. The promise of creating our own missions opens the opportunity for some Roleplay with my friend's Supergroup. I could make missions specifically designed for them will bring renewed life to many players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I couldn't help but think that Frost Nixon sounded like a cool alternate reality anti-hero. So I did that. "I am not a crook... As far as you know." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Triumph - Nemesis6 Tanker Level 43 Triumph - Nemesis7 Scrapper Level 15 Triumph - <<>> Level ? Triumph - <<>> Level ? Triumph - <<>> Level ? Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game What I'm looking forward to is Issue 14-The Architech. The promise of creating our own missions opens the opportunity for some Roleplay with my friend's Supergroup. I could make missions specifically designed for them will bring renewed life to many players. It's now on the test server. I've barely started playing with it, but it looks fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game And I14 is live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game And? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_walker Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Is there any reviews for it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game And? it's busy. Actually right now I'm just seeing how many chars of mine are the Super Leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Decision Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Super Leader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Is there any reviews for it?? Not sure. I played around with it a bit on Test. Looked good and fairly easy to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Super Leader? They added one more rank. One char is Super Leader and they don't have to worry about degrading ranks. Not something I think is needed, but I don't think it will impact things that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwdemon Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game User-created content is the final send-off for the game. They're likely to reroute COH resources to Aion and that's not necessarily a bad thing. The game's been out a long time (almost 5 years since its release) and it's showing its age. Handing it over to those who still have an investment in the game is pretty smart. I've pretty much hit the wall with COH/COV. I only have two 50s and a few 40s, but there are lots of alts scattered around. It's a good game and I had my fun with it, but if it came out today I wouldn't buy in. I'm also waiting for DCUO and CO, which is where things will be going. May as well get in early, right? Until then, I did just pick up AOC (still not installed...) and I can always play L4D and other games. I may even visit COH/COV from time to time, but the thrill is most definitely gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I'm pretty sure they still have plans for more issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I've been checking out some of the Architect Missions. Some folks have real talent. And BTW, if you are in an SG make sure the leader knows to set the permissions for every storage rack separately. Iy defaults with just the leader and Superleader allowed. Both the Scions and Eurostar are reset so people can use them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I didn't know that about the Storage Racks Tim. Thanks! Check out story lines by @Woebane, @Stroud, and @Lemming Woebane has three up. He's a good writer so the text is worth reading. Stroud has a Zoo adventure up. Good attention to detail. My own is "Clockwork Orange". Imo, still needs work, but the latest version isn't bad. If just for the robots wearing derbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game One fun one I ran yesterday was by @Simplicity titled "The Easter Basket" And a friend has 2 up so far "Big Trouble" and "Sproing Break" by @Dark Ether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Triumph Server Fast Food Wars ROCKED!!! Nemesis6 - Mutant Tanker Wulfgar - Magic Defender (Empathy) Spirit Wolf8 - Magic Tanker Sgt Drenan - Natural Peacebringer Samuree - Natual Scrapper (Katana) Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game [rant] People, when you create missions, it is not necessary to put multiple EBs in every mission. EBs represent the top teirs of an organization. Not every Boss you meet. Try using regular Bosses once in a while. Then people who run solo could actually run the mission. [/rant] And FYI I run on Tenacious and am getting these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTaylor Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game COH is a pretty cool game and concept but they really didn't put enough variety into settings. They needed to put more interesting locations into the game; I got sick of the damn office building and warehouse settings by level 10. Lots of opportunity for growth in the game still, tons they could add to it and make it more fun but I guess its probably not worth the money and time now. Last time I logged in it was heartbreaking, so few people around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Just set up a mission called "Rock Gods". It features a number of recognizable individuals. (Though for some reason the Lieutenant named Zombie Cobain never appeared.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I'll check it out Blue. I just put out another one "There's only one Prescription" I consider them all works in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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